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"T-Taehyung...?" I muttered in a breathless voice. I couldn't believe the scene that had unfolded before my sight. 

Taehyung was choking someone...

His eyes were bloodshot red and his chest was heaving up and down due to his heavy breaths. Hair were messed and his lower lip was busted at the corner, with a dry and thick lining of blood as if someone slapped or punched him.

His right hand was gripping the man's neck tightly while his eyes were darted towards me with a furious yet shocked gaze. Soon, his grip on the man's neck softened and that's when the man fell down, coughing rapidly.

"What are you doing..." I uttered out, sucking my inner cheek in a deep, cold breath of shock and fear.

He completely left the man and turned his entire body towards me with a swift move. To be honest, his form was scaring me. Those blank yet cautious eyes... Those big hands through which his veins were popping, showing his exquisite nonetheless dangerous hands.

Hearing my words, he raised an eyebrow and peered at the man on the floor before kicking him tightly on his stomach which caused some blood to leave his mouth.

"Oh, that..."

"TAEHYUNG!" I shouted. I couldn't take it anymore. The way he was brutally hurting that man was not at all a pleasing sight to see. He may be a boy who is mysterious and weird but hurting and killing someone... I just can't think of him like that... It feels almost impossible to think like that...

"This man had stolen my wallet and was running away with it. Fortunately, I caught him..." He stated, licking the swollen and bleeding corner of his lips with a slight smirk and wide eyes at the scared man.

Why is he behaving like a psycho?

The vibes that he was emitting certainly weren't something good and positive. 

"And why will you hit someone even if they stole your wallet?" I retorted back. I knew that my words did sound absurd. Why won't anyone hit the one who stole their money, right? But still... The way the unknown man was injured was too ruthless... His body was swollen with bruises wrapped up all around him... His knuckles were bleeding profusely and his head was wounded. Even if someone would hit the stealer, this surely was too brutal to be true...

Taehyung's eyes widened even more and he grinned, acting like a total stranger...

"Yeah. Once I reached him, he started to hit me, so I had to use defense and that's how he ended up like that." He chuckled looking back at the man whereas he just shook his head with tears as if denying Taehyung's words.

"But... I don't think so." I moved my head, totally not agreeing with him and when Taehyung noticed the man shaking his head at me, he punched his face once again, making him faint with the hard impact. 

I just flinched with the sound and my heart started to thump against my chest as if it wanted to escape out of my body. 

What's wrong with him...

My ears were smoking hot and my body was covered in sweat which was caused because of my nervousness and fear. My entire figure was shivering as I couldn't look him in the eye due to the feeling I was feeling.

My eyes were fixated on the ground like a scaredy-cat and I felt a shortage of breath when I saw his shadow advancing toward mine. When the shadows met, one of their hand touched the other shadow's face and that's when I felt him caressing my cheek.

His hand was warm, unlike his filthy actions... Every fiber of my body woke up with the sudden skinship, causing goosebumps to rise all over me. 

I didn't know what but something drew my attention to him and I looked back at him with my quivering lips that had lost their color and were chapped due to the coldness in my body.

His pair of eyes were carefully observing mine, trying to find something or see something through my soul... His moves were now very different from before... They were soft, careful, and caring, not aggressive or crazy.

"I..." My lips parted in anticipation. I had opened my mouth but I had nothing to say. I just wanted to... I wanted to say something to him but I didn't exactly know what... My fastened heartbeats and timid body were not at all cooperating with my strange actions.

If it was someone else, then I would've become a completely shy person, wanting to run away but the case wasn't the same right now... Right now, I wanted to be like this. With him. With his warmth. With his soul. With his body. And... everything of his.

He took a step closer to me and our bodies were colliding with each other. He moved his face closer to mine... As much the space between us decreased, my heartbeats increased in rhythm to his hot breaths.

He just kept looking into my eye without saying a word while I did the same. But... There was this weird similarity with him... It almost felt as if I had felt it before... And in the same place like this... 

I very well knew about my thoughts but I didn't want to conclude something...

The Joker...

It's been days since that incident. Yes, I remember it even more vividly than before now... But now, a hint of surety is laced in my mind. No matter how hard I try not to think about it, it always happens... I feel it. And I know it. I know that man behind me was none other than the 'Joker'. I might not be able to explain it, but my intuition is sure of it. It was him.

"T-Tae..." I croaked out when our noses started to brush. He wasn't worried... And neither was he hesitant. His confidence grew with each step he took but my self-consciousness grew more and more.

Why...? Why does Taehyung feel like that 'Joker'? Those breaths, touches, and actions... It all matches.

Why are they so alike? 

Just like before, I once more felt my knees getting weak and my eyes drooping as if under a trance. I couldn't grasp the situation and was about to fall but before I could, I felt his arm extending under my back, holding me in a firm grip.

Looking back at him, I noticed his dark and careless gaze... If eyes could touch, then he would've completely undressed me with his eyes by now. I'm grateful such a thing doesn't exist...

My throat dried up even more when I took a gulp. He was just staring right into my scared soul through his eyes that were half-hidden under his heavy, wet bangs, covering almost his entire forehead. His lips were parted too, but with a slight obnoxious look latched to them.

"You look just like her..." My eyes widened at his words when he pushed back my hair strands behind my ear with an obsessive look. "Why... You have her face..."

By now, his words weren't making any sense to my ears and brain. Her? Who's her?

I didn't want to, but I felt a pang of burn hit my chest. I felt a wave of sudden anger and betrayal even though I shouldn't... It's not as if he's mine anyways... Then why this sudden jealousy...?

"H-Her... Who's her, Taehyung?" I asked, licking my lips in the uncertainty of his next words. My eyes widened at his next actions... 
He just softly smiled at me. For the first time... I could see a genuine look of happiness on his face. It wasn't forced. It was natural...

Who... Who do I look like? What does he mean?

I couldn't help but smile back at him. It felt euphoric to see him smile like that. I wanted to share his happiness so I opened my mouth but before a word could escape, he paused, confusing me. His curved lips turned blank and he stopped speaking. He soon looked down and went backward, clearing his throat and looking away from me with a look of awkwardness.

Ouch.

I bit my lip, trying to contain my smile, and exhaled out. it almost felt as if I had felt excitement for the first time in my life. It was like a flower that had been desperately waiting to grow, finally growing and blooming in its rich brightness and uniqueness... Just like that, a flower bloomed in my heart with this sudden act. But I didn't know if it was going to grow and become better or wither away.

"Uhm... Let's leave this place." I heard him say as he placed his hands into his jacket pockets. I soon detached my body from the wall and nodded shyly.

"Hm..." I smiled at him and followed him when he started to walk. 

We were finally out of the alley and that's when I observed the darkness in the sky... It was almost evening. Because of the sudden encounter, I even forgot about my plan to go to Jisoo's house and walked beside him with my head hung low.

I was on the ninth floor of heaven until he spoke up, shattering my little happiness.

"Miso, forget about what happened in there. I got swayed by my overwhelming emotions... Don't think too deeply about this. It was nothing."

"Huh? W-What are you even talking about? I know! It's nothing. As if... Haha!" I laughed, trying to lighten the atmosphere and acting as if nothing happened and I was okay, but I wasn't. I could feel the feeling of betrayal gush over me. I know, I have no right, but then why did he act that way? Why did he get so close to me? Why did he caress my cheek? Why did he hold me when I was about to fall? Why did he smile at me? If it's nothing, then why are his actions the other way round?

"Ugh!" I groaned when I felt my head hit his back. He just looked at me from his shoulder and scoffed.

Wow...

The cold Taehyung's back! Congratulations!

I'm not even trying, yet, I sound sarcastic...

"Why did you stop!" I questioned him, trying to forget about the past events. He just turned around and folded his arms over his chest, tilting his head and looking at me. 

"What-"

Before I could finish my sentence, he pointed toward a certain place. I just frowned and creased my eyebrows in suspicion.

This time, it ain't his crotch... So, maybe it's safe...

I sighed before turning and looking at where he was pointing. The moment I did, my eyes widened. An ice-cream truck... Looking back at him, I noticed him gazing at me, calmly.

"What..." I stoned. my mind stopped functioning for a moment. Is he offering me ice cream? No way... He isn't like that... He's too jerky to be good...

"Hm? You can't see?" He smiled, more like smirking for the umpteenth time before putting his hands behind his back and waiting for my response.

"I can see. It's an ice cream truck. So what? I don't have money." I clarified. I didn't want him to know about my thoughts because he would probably laugh at my assumptions. But his next phrase took me off-guard for a moment.

"What's your favorite flavor?" He asked, fishing his wallet from his jeans pocket and taking out some notes from it. 

He's asking me to have ice cream? Is this really happening?! No way! This is shocking... 

He rolled his eyes when he noticed my facial expression.

"Oh c'mon! I'm not that selfish!" He gritted his teeth slightly, looking at me with a so-done expression. This personality was totally different from the one he was depicting in the alley... 

"Chocolate..." I whispered, loud enough for him to hear. I was still in a trance and recovering from the sudden shock. I may be acting dramatic but it's true. He really does change himself in just a blink. Bipolar bitch...

"Huh? Chocolate? Are you a kid?!" He scanned me from up to down with a 'disgusted' expression and rolled his tongue over his mouth in disbelief.

What-

"Kid?! Who the hell said that chocolate is only for kids?! Are you even living up to the modern world?" I asked in shock and slight frustration. Chocolate has been my favorite flavor since I was a child. My father told me that when I was five years old, I used to ask him to get me chocolate every day, due to which, I even got cavities in my teeth but I kept eating the chocolate until my right molar got removed.

"Whatever." He just exhaled, as if making fun, and walked towards the counter of the truck, ordering the ice-creams. Soon, I gasped when I noticed him picking his flavor.

This hoe-

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